<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am beginning the joyful college process and I just had a few questions about Tufts. What is the culture on campus? How does it feel to be on campus? What's the student body like? Top 5 favorite things about Tufts. Also just some popular majors and classes that Tufts offers. I was also curious if Tufts really looks into the applicant, rather than put them aside because they don't meet a requirement. How important are interviews and campus visits? Thank you!</p>
<p>Easy stuff first: interviews aren’t important, but unless a visit to campus is geographically or financially unfeasible, i would recommend visiting.
I don’t know how to answer the question about “culture on campus.” The campus environment is warm, friendly and filled with smart kids who tend to be into both their academics and other stuff - everything from music, to a cappella groups, to ultimate frisbee. Tufts feels a lot like a smallish liberal arts college, even though it’s a university. Popular majors include international relations, economics, English, biology (lots of premeds), and psych, among others. And yes, the adcom REALLY looks at the applicant. Numbers are, of course, always important, but Tufts really cares about the essays you write.</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>
<p>Not sure how the recruited athletes are treated</p>
<p>Do you have anything else to say Susan?</p>
<p>Well I heard rumors that the recruits are well. Do you know otherwise.</p>
<p>I meant not treated well</p>
<p>What does “not treated well” even mean?</p>
<p>Bad registration times? Not true; everyone has one of those
Being crushed by a mountain of work? Just like everyone else.
Occasionally having to eat in Carmichael instead of Dewick? Yes, this one is true. It almost qualifies as meeting “not treated well” by itself.
Forced to sleep on the street? Only when sexiled.</p>
<p>why dont you do some searching around yourself i dont think the school wants to have a reputation for this. There is already “word on the stret”</p>
<p>sorry for typo “street”</p>
<p>If its not true then that is a good thing. i just asked because this is what I heard</p>
<p>I can’t imagine where this rumor could have originated. My D is a junior and still very happily participating on her varsity team. Moreover, she has friends across a variety of the varsity teams and they all are happy and still very much dedicated to their sports. There seems to be almost no attrition. Remember this is D III so there are no scholarships and nothing to tether a student to his/her sport, so I can’t imagine how the athletes could be treated poorly; if that were the case, they would simply walk away. I will also note that my D did several NESCAC school athletic overnights as a HS senior and chose Tufts in very large part because of the great feeling she had for its team that she would be joining. And her actual experience has emphatically confirmed that initial feeling. </p>
<p>Now, it is possible that you’ve heard that the student body isn’t terribly interested in the athletic teams and I think that may be true compared to some other schools that get more into the spirit of team spectator-ship. I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing, though. The athletes participate simply for their own joy and others find their niche doing something else.</p>
<p>Susan: our D plays on a V team @ Tufts. I can say that athletes appear to be treated no better and no worse than non-athletes. I can say that on two occasions, she has had to miss games because her professors would not let her reschedule a test and an oral presentation respectively. Her coach said this has only happened once or twice in 25 years! Frankly, this was a disappointment because we view athletics as being equal to academics and for $58K she should be able to do both without infinging upon the other. Unfortunately, this ideal is not shared by the Engineering School which schedules mandatory afternoon classes that conflict with afternoon sports. On the bright side, because of her academic/athletic combo, her resume is strong and she has been offered paid summer internships at some of our Nations’s top companies. She is enjoying both her sport and her major and we are confident she will be employed when she graduates. In the end, unless pro sports is going to be your profession, that is why you attend a D III school isn’t it? As for fan support, you will find that most NESCAC crowds are comprised of parents, siblings, family dogs, and a few classmates. No attendance records are set in the NESCAC! Tailgating postgame is always fun and food is plentiful and tasty!!!</p>